Mission # 115

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	25 May 1944
384^th Mission	Mission Number 115 Next Mission Previous Mission
8^th Air Force Mission	Mission Number 370 (more...) (less) Eighth Air Force Mission 370: 406 bombers and 604 fighters make visual attacks on rail installations and airfields in Belgium and France; 4 bombers and 12 fighters are lost; the fighters claim 13-2-3 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air and 3-0-5 on the ground; unless otherwise indicated, all targets are in France. Mission segment 2: 320 B-17s are dispatched to Nancy/Essey Airfield (75 bomb) and marshalling yards at Metz (69 bomb), Saarguemines (36 bomb) and Blainville (36 bomb); 56 B-17s hit Thionville marshalling yard and 3 bomb Liege Airfield, Belgium; 14 B-17s are damaged. Source: Jack McKillop, Rutgers University
Mission Comments	Focus on Transportation The 384th Bombardment Group (Heavy) provided two group formations for today's mission attacking transportation targets. The first group flew as the high group of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing (41A Group) to Sarreguemines, and the second group flew as the high group of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing (41B Group) to Blainville-sur-l'Eau. Excellent bombing was possible in the CAVU conditions, and the bombers really hit their targets accurately.
Primary Target	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Sarreguemines and Blainville-sur-l'Eau, France
Target Attacked (Mode)	Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 23 Aborted - 1 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1 Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 2
Mission Personnel	Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents	Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

27 AIRCRAFT ASSIGNED TO THIS MISSION
Table is sorted by Pilot, and may be sorted by any column: click the column head.
Aircraft	Pilot	Results	Mission/Sortie Information
42‑3441⇗	Pring, Robert Bradford	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed	41B Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑31484⇗	Bennett, Dewayne (NMI)	Completed Mission	41A Group Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37785⇗	Boger, Eugene Arthur	Completed Mission	41A Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37974⇗	Lane, Edward William	Completed Mission	41A Group, Low Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37982⇗	James, Robert Huey	Completed Mission	41A Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97072⇗	Wortman, Marshall (NMI)	Completed Mission	41B Group, High Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97139⇗	June, Glenn Joseph	Completed Mission	41B Group, Low Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97188⇗	Kelley, Robert Encil	Completed Mission	41A Group, Low Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97201⇗	Stevens, Raymond Robert	Aborted	41B Group. Turned back due to oxygen failure. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97204⇗	Inman, Loren Alexander	Completed Mission	41B Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗	Kelly, John Thomas	Completed Mission	41B Group Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97273⇗	Sullivan, James Dominic	Completed Mission	41B Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗	Halasz, John Julius	Completed Mission	41A Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗	Van Every, Russell Meredith	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed	41A Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97449⇗	Brown, Billie Barnard	Completed Mission	41B Group, High Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97573⇗	Kirkpatrick, William Hugh	Completed Mission	41A Group, High Squadron Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗	Adams, William Lowell	Completed Mission	41A Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102442⇗	Cranstoun, Richard Leroy	Completed Mission	41A Group, High Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102449⇗	Bennett, Phillip Nathan	Completed Mission	41B Group Lead. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗	Thoma, Edward Paul	Completed Mission	41B Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗	Carey, Gates Chapman	Completed Mission	41B Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗	Dean, Ralph Merrick	Completed Mission	41A Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102617⇗	Rimbold, Arthur Arimese	Completed Mission	41A Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗	Peck, Harland K	Completed Mission	41B Group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107057⇗	Shearer, Wilbur Lee	Flying Spare, Completed Mission	41B Group, Flying Spare Aircraft. Joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107121⇗	Malone, John J	Completed Mission	41B Group, Low Squadron Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107125⇗	Pompe, Bernard Joseph	Completed Mission	41A Group Deputy. SORTIE REPORT ⇗